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Rodgers putting pen to paper officially ends the months-long speculation as to whether he was going to suit up in the Steel City. Pittsburgh\u2019s other three quarterbacks currently on the roster are Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson, and Will Howard.<\/p>\n
Schefter reported Thursday that Mike Tomlin was a huge factor<\/a> in Rodgers deciding to play his 21st NFL season in Pittsburgh. Rodgers spent the last two campaigns with the New York Jets.<\/p>\n New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers during a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 20, 2024. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n \u201cSteelers never wavered in their belief that Aaron Rodgers eventually would sign with Pittsburgh,\u201d Schefter said on X. \u201cSteelers HC Mike Tomlin loomed large in this entire situation. Tomlin was a drawing card for Rodgers, and was happy to work within Rodgers\u2019 timeline. He is a major reason will be a Steeler.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Since Ben Roethlisberger retired, the Steelers have cycled through Mitch Trubisky, Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph, Russell Wilson, and Justin Fields as starting quarterbacks. Wilson signed with the New York Giants this offseason, while Fields relocated to join the Jets, Rodgers\u2019 former team. Pittsburgh plays the Jets to begin the regular season on Sept. 7.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Steelers Now<\/a>: Specifics of Aaron Rodgers\u2019 Steelers Contract Revealed<\/a><\/p>\n Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers are adding future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers for less than $20…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1586,4191,6594,9676,7,226,493,570,560,1255,4081,1917,56,255,2321,2097,6,57,1371,572,3917,2183],"class_list":{"0":"post-115679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-adam-schefter","10":"tag-ben-roethlisberger","11":"tag-ed-thompson","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jets","14":"tag-justin-fields","15":"tag-kenny-pickett","16":"tag-mason-rudolph","17":"tag-mike-tomlin","18":"tag-mitch-trubisky","19":"tag-new-york","20":"tag-new-york-giants","21":"tag-new-york-jets","22":"tag-newyork","23":"tag-newyorkjets","24":"tag-nfl","25":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","26":"tag-pro-football-hall-of-fame","27":"tag-russell-wilson","28":"tag-skylar-thompson","29":"tag-will-howard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114652627968061773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pittsburgh](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/195cf6918726f17af2a8890a6cbd1377.jpeg\"\/)
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